This undergraduate level course on Earth Sciences provides students with basic foundation and a broader perspective in Earth Sciences. Students will benefit from this introductory level course through increased awareness of issues surrounding exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, petroleum, energy minerals, other alternative natural energy sources, planning of building sites and related engineering and seismological issues and underground water and environmental resources.
A degree in Earth Sciences from the MUST provides a good basis for geology, research and employment. It covers the field of mineral exploration and exploitation, monitoring of the environment and its impact to the community as well as expertise in mining governance and entrepreneurship in the field of mining. The Bachelor’s degree gives a good basis for students who would want to venture into research at Masters and PhD level. Furthermore, the degree gives you an expertise in undertaking field and laboratory investigation combined with team working, communication and analytical skills.
With such a background you can work in government department, oil, gas and petroleum sector; the groundwater industry, environmental consultancies and civil engineering and construction companies.

-Biology I
-Language and Communication Studies
-Physics I
-Algebra and Trigonometry
-Calculus I
-Chemistry I

-Introduction to Space and Earth Science I

-Biology II

-Physics II

-Introduction to Computer Applications
-Computer Programming
-Chemistry II
-Technical and Business Communication
-Introduction to Space and Earth Science II

-Minerals and Rocks
-Introduction to Geological Survey and Mapping
-Stratigraphy and Structural Geology
-Calculus II
-Physics III

-Introduction to Geochemistry
-Mineralogy
-Fundamentals of Geophysics
-Fundamentals of Engineering Geology
-Introduction to Petrology
-Applied Mathematics

-Probability and Statistics
-Advanced Petrology
-Applied Geochemistry
-Geochronology and Palaeontology
-Remote Sensing and GIS
-Land-Use Planning and Zonation

-Geo-statistics and Integrated Prospecting Methods
-Geomorphology and Soils
-Introduction to Hydrology and Hydrogeology
-Fundamentals of Seismology
-Applied Geophysics
-Environmental Geology and Geo-Hazard Risk Assessment

-Geological Evolution of African Continent and Malawi
-Mining and Mineral Processing
-Applied Rock Mechanics
-Advanced Hydrogeology and Dam Geology
-Economic Geology
-Mineral Resource Governance

-Petroleum Geology and Energy Minerals
-Industrial Minerals and Rocks
-Gemmology and Small Scale Mining
-Mineral Economics
-Research Project
-Business Management and Entrepreneurship